No. S 428
COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020
(ACT 14 OF 2020)
COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures)
(Control Order) (Amendment No. 8)
Regulations 2020
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34(1) of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020, the Minister for Health makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) (Amendment No. 8) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 2 June 2020.
Amendment of regulation 1
2.  Regulation 1(2) of the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020 (G.N. No. S 254/2020) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting the words “for the period between 7 April 2020 and 1 June 2020 (both dates inclusive)” and substituting the words “starting 7 April 2020”.
Amendment of regulation 2
3.  Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately before the definition of “boarding premises” in paragraph (1), the following definitions:
“ “at work” includes to work, for the time being working, on a break when working, or customarily working;
“authorised service” means —
(a)the provision of any goods or services by the Government or any public body in the exercise of its public functions; or
(b)the provision of any goods or services specified —
(i)on the prescribed website; or
(ii)in a conditional permit mentioned in paragraph (c) of the definition of “permitted enterprise”;”;
(b)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “boarding premises” in paragraph (1), the following definition:
“ “business” includes any business in Singapore, whether or not carried on for profit;”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after the definitions of “contractor”, “occupier” and “principal” in paragraph (1), the following definition:
“ “customer” includes a prospective customer and, in relation to the operator of a specified dormitory, includes a resident of that dormitory;”;
(d)by deleting the definitions of “essential service”, “essential service provider”, “essential service worker” and “event” in paragraph (1) and substituting the following definitions:
“ “Enterprise Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for domestic business policies;
“event” includes a meeting or gathering of any nature;
“face shield” means any film made from plastic or other transparent material designed or made to be worn like a visor, covering from the wearer’s forehead to below the chin area and wrapping around the sides of the wearer’s face, to provide the wearer protection against smoke, dust or liquid spatter;”;
(e)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “foreign employee” in paragraph (1), the following definition:
“ “funeral event” means a funeral, funeral wake or funeral procession;”;
(f)by deleting the words “, textile or plastic” in the definition of “mask” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “or textile”;
(g)by inserting, immediately after the words “or air pollution” in the definition of “mask” in paragraph (1), the words “, but excludes a face shield”;
(h)by deleting the definition of “permitted premises” in paragraph (1) and substituting the following definitions:
“ “operator”, in relation to a specified dormitory, has the meaning given by regulation 13(3);
“permitted enterprise” means —
(a)the Government or any public body;
(b)a person who provides any goods or services specified on the prescribed website, in the course of business; or
(c)a person who has a conditional permit from the Enterprise Minister authorising the person to provide goods or services in the course of business;
“permitted enterprise worker”, in relation to a permitted enterprise —
(a)means an employee of the permitted enterprise designated by his or her employer as a permitted enterprise worker; and
(b)where the permitted enterprise is a principal, includes any individual as follows who is designated by the principal as a permitted enterprise worker:
(i)an individual who is a contractor or a subcontractor of the permitted enterprise;
(ii)an employee of a contractor or subcontractor in sub-paragraph (i),
where the contractor or subcontractor or employee (as the case may be) works under the direction of the permitted enterprise as to the manner in which the work is carried out;
“permitted premises” means any premises (with a unique street name and number or land parcel number) where a permitted enterprise ordinarily carries on any business, undertaking or work connected with providing its authorised service, but excludes any vehicle, vessel or aircraft;
“place of residence” means —
(a)in relation to a subdivided building, an apartment or unit or a flat or lot in that building that is used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of habitation or business;
(b)in relation to a boarding premises in Singapore, a room comprised in the boarding premises for the accommodation of one or more boarders or lodgers at those premises, but not a room with shared facilities such as a communal living room, bathroom, laundry or kitchen; and
(c)in relation to a building in Singapore used as specified accommodation or a specified hostel, a room in the building for the accommodation of one or more guests or residents of the specified accommodation or the specified hostel;”;
(i)by deleting “https://covid.gobusiness.gov.sg/essentialservices/” in the definition of “prescribed website” in paragraph (1) and substituting “https://covid.gobusiness.gov.sg/permittedlist/”;
(j)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “room” in paragraph (1), the following definition:
“ “specified accommodation” means a hotel and any other similar building or boarding premises, not being a specified dormitory, specified hostel or a public institution —
(a)in which persons are lodged for hire or reward of any kind (whether or not the cost of such hire or reward is paid for by such persons); and
(b)where domestic service is provided by the owner, lessee, tenant, occupier or manager for the person so lodged;”;
(k)by inserting, immediately after paragraph (d) of the definition of “specified symptom” in paragraph (1), the following paragraph:
“(e)loss of sense of smell or anosmia;”;
(l)by deleting the definitions of “subdivided building” and “symptomatic case” in paragraph (1) and substituting the following definitions:
“ “subdivided building” means a multi-storey building consisting of 2 or more premises that is used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of habitation or business or for any other purpose;
“symptomatic case” means an individual who is febrile or shows, or declares that he or she has, any specified symptom;
“visitor”, in relation to the permitted premises of a permitted enterprise, means an individual who has a lawful reason to enter or remain in those premises but is —
(a)not a permitted enterprise worker of that permitted enterprise;
(b)not a customer of the permitted enterprise; and
(c)not a resident of the permitted premises that is a specified dormitory or a guest of the permitted premises that is specified accommodation or a specified hostel;
“wear”, in relation to any provision in these Regulations requiring a mask to be worn, means to wear a mask over and covering the wearer’s nose and mouth, with the mask touching the wearer’s nose and cheeks.”; and
(m)by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:
“(2)  In these Regulations, an individual may be regarded as a member of the same household of another individual if the firstmentioned individual is any of the following ordinarily living in the same place of residence as the other individual:
(a)a spouse of that other individual;
(b)a parent, a child or a sibling of that other individual;
(c)an individual with whom that other individual has an agreement or arrangement, whether oral or in writing and whether express or implied, to live in the same place of residence.
(3)  In these Regulations, a reference to a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling in relation to an individual includes a reference to a step-parent, stepgrandparent, stepchild, stepgrandchild or stepsibling or a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild or sibling, by adoption, of that individual.”.
Amendment of regulation 3A
4.  Regulation 3A of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “over the individual’s nose and mouth” in paragraph (1)(a);
(b)by deleting the words “over the child’s nose and mouth” in paragraph (1)(b);
(c)by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (2)(c); and
(d)by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (2) and the examples and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following examples and sub-paragraph:
“Examples
Welding or diving.
Presenters or performers appearing on programmes for broadcast.
 
(e)when consuming food, drink or medication.”.
New regulation 3B
5.  The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 3A, the following regulation:
“When face shields may be worn instead
3B.  Where any regulation requires a mask to be worn, an individual or child may wear a face shield in lieu of a mask only —
(a)if wearing a mask over the individual’s or child’s nose and mouth leads to severe medical conditions for the individual or child and wearing a face shield does not;
(b)if the child is 12 years of age or younger; or
(c)when the individual is engaged in delivering a speech, teaching or lecturing in a lecture hall, classroom, auditorium or other room, either seated or standing generally in a fixed position and is at all times at least one metre away from any other individual in that lecture hall, classroom, auditorium or other room.”.
New Division heading of Part 2
6.  Part 2 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately above regulation 4, the following Division heading:
“Division 1 — Place of residence”.
Amendment of regulation 4
7.  Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph (3) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:
“(a)to work as a permitted enterprise or permitted enterprise worker, or for or with a permitted enterprise, to provide an authorised service of the permitted enterprise, or to work at a specified school or an early childhood development centre;
Illustrations
Driving as a taxi driver.
Volunteering as a nurse at a free medical clinic for destitute individuals.
(b)to procure an authorised service from a permitted enterprise, an early childhood development centre or a specified school;
Illustrations
To buy groceries from a market stall or supermarket.
To take a bus, taxi or employer-arranged transport to go to work as a permitted enterprise worker.
To see a doctor for a medical condition.
”;
(b)by deleting the words “, for or with an essential service provider” in paragraph (3)(ca)(i) and (iii) and (cb)(i) and (iii) and substituting in each case the words “a permitted enterprise or permitted enterprise worker, or for or with a permitted enterprise”;
(c)by deleting sub-paragraph (cc) of paragraph (3);
(d)by inserting, immediately after the words “public path” in paragraph (3)(d)(i), the words “but is not a green or an open space”;
(e)by deleting the words “by the Government or a public body and is accessible to the general public without payment of any fee” in paragraph (3)(d)(ii) and substituting the words “by or on behalf of the Government or a public body, is accessible to the general public without payment of any fee and around which no tape, barrier or other cordon is placed”;
(f)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (f) of paragraph (3), the following sub‑paragraph:
“(fa)to visit a parent or grandparent of the individual or a parent or grandparent of the individual’s spouse;”;
(g)by deleting sub‑paragraph (ia) of paragraph (3) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:
“(ia)to attend —
(i)a solemnization of a marriage, or a religious ceremony for a marriage which has been contracted and solemnized, under the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Cap. 3) or the Women’s Charter (Cap. 353); or
(ii)a funeral event as a mourner or in other similar capacity;”;
(h)by deleting paragraphs (3A), (3B) and (3C) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(3A)  Where the individual’s ordinary place of residence is in any specified dormitory, specified accommodation or specified hostel, paragraph (3) applies subject to any measures implemented by the operator of the specified dormitory, or the person managing and maintaining the specified accommodation or specified hostel (as the case may be), in accordance with the requirements in regulation 13 and the First Schedule.”;
(i)by deleting the words “an essential service provider to supply goods or services” in paragraph (4)(a) and substituting the words “a permitted enterprise to provide an authorised service to the individual or any other member of the household at that place of residence”;
(j)by deleting “(cc),” in paragraph (4)(b);
(k)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (4), the following sub‑paragraph:
“(ba)subject to regulation 7A(2), for a purpose connected with paragraph (3)(ia)(i);”;
(l)by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (4)(c); and
(m)by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (4) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:
“(e)to receive not more than 2 visitors a day —
(i)both of whom are ordinarily resident at the same other place of residence (which must not be or in a specified dormitory); and
(ii)each of whom is either a child or grandchild of the individual, or a spouse of a child or grandchild of the individual,
if no individual had earlier in that same day entered that place of residence for a purpose connected with paragraph (3)(ca), (f) or (ia)(i).”.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 6
8.  Regulation 6 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Division heading and regulation substituted therefor:
“Division 2 — Outside place of residence
Prohibition on social gatherings
6.—(1)  An individual must not meet another individual not living in the same place of residence, anywhere outside of the individual’s ordinary place of residence and for a purpose that is not performing work (such as but not limited to socialising), unless in the exceptional circumstances in paragraph (2).
(2)  The exceptional circumstances are —
(a)for a purpose directly connected with receiving education or care from —
(i)the Government or a public body;
(ii)a specified school; or
(iii)any early childhood development centre licensed under the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017;
(b)for visiting an individual under regulation 4(3)(fa) at the individual’s ordinary place of residence; or
(c)for any other purpose specified in and to the extent allowed by regulation 4(3)(b), (ca), (cb), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (ia), (j), (k) and (l) or 5.”.
New regulation 7A
9.  The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 7, the following regulation:
“Requirements for weddings
7A.—(1)  A solemnizer must postpone proceedings to solemnize a marriage under the Administration of Muslim Law Act or the Women’s Charter if —
(a)the proceedings are attended in person by —
(i)more than 8 individuals, excluding the bride, groom and solemnizer;
(ii)any individual who has not been notified to the solemnizer by or on behalf of the bride or groom not less than one day before the date of the solemnization; and
(iii)where the proceedings are held —
(A)in a place of residence — any individual who is not an immediate family member of the bride or groom; or
(B)in any other premises — more than 2 individuals who are each not an immediate family member of the bride or groom; or
(b)the proceedings are held in any premises other than —
(i)a building occupied by the Registry of Marriages or Registry of Muslim Marriages;
(ii)a place of worship;
(iii)a community club managed by the People’s Association established under section 2(1) of the People’s Association Act (Cap. 227);
(iv)the ordinary place of residence of the bride or groom or any immediate family member of the bride or groom; or
(v)any premises or class of premises designated by the Registrar of Marriages appointed under section 26 of the Women’s Charter or the Registrar of Muslim Marriages appointed under section 90 of the Administration of Muslim Law Act, as appropriate having regard to the risk of transmission of COVID‑19 from gatherings at those premises.
(2)  Every bride and groom and occupier of the premises where a marriage is to be solemnized must take all reasonable steps to ensure that —
(a)the measures mentioned in regulations 10B(1)(b) and (c) and 12 are implemented in relation to individuals entering the premises for the purpose of the solemnization;
(b)any individual invited to attend the solemnization does not enter the premises more than 15 minutes before the scheduled time of the solemnization; and
(c)each individual who enters the premises for the purpose of the solemnization leaves the premises as soon as is reasonably practicable after the solemnization.
(3)  In this regulation —
“immediate family member”, in relation to a bride or groom, means —
(a)a parent, child, sibling, grandparent or grandchild; or
(b)a spouse of any person mentioned in paragraph (a);
“solemnizer” means —
(a)a person issued a licence to solemnize marriages under section 8 of the Women’s Charter;
(b)the Registrar of Marriages or an Assistant Registrar of Marriages, appointed under section 26 of the Women’s Charter; or
(c)a person specified in section 95(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Administration of Muslim Law Act.”.
Amendment of regulation 8
10.  Regulation 8 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “by the Government or a public body and is accessible to the general public without payment of any fee” in paragraph (b) and substituting the words “by or on behalf of the Government or a public body, is accessible to the general public without payment of any fee and around which no tape, barrier or cordon is placed preventing its use”.
Deletion and substitution of heading to Part 3
11.  Part 3 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the Part heading and substituting the following Part heading:
“NON-RESIDENTIAL PREMISES”.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 10
12.  Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:
“Permitted enterprise does not need to close
10.  Regulation 9 does not prevent a permitted enterprise carrying on business, an undertaking or work at any permitted premises of the permitted enterprise without closing those permitted premises to entry by any individual —
(a)with the prior permission of the Enterprise Minister; and
(b)in accordance with the restrictions for that type of business, undertaking or work specified on the prescribed website or any conditions imposed in the permission mentioned in paragraph (a).”.
New Part 3A heading
13.  The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 10, the following Part and Division headings:
“PART 3A
permitted enterprises
Division 1 — Safe management measures for customer operations”.
Deletion of regulations 10B, 11, 12, 13, 13A and 13B and substitution of regulations 10B, 11, 12 and 13
14.  Regulations 10B, 11, 12, 13, 13A and 13B of the principal Regulations are deleted and the following regulations substituted therefor:
“Obligations when permitted premises are open
10B.—(1)  A permitted enterprise occupying permitted premises must take the following measures when those premises are open to entry by customers or visitors of the permitted enterprise:
(a)as far as is reasonably practicable, allow natural ventilation of the permitted premises during working hours;
(b)establish and apply appropriate procedures and controls (jointly with another or otherwise) that ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that every customer or visitor is assessed, before entering the permitted premises, to determine whether he or she is a symptomatic case;
(c)as far as is reasonably practicable, establish and apply appropriate procedures and controls (jointly with another or otherwise) that enable or facilitate contact tracing of every customer and visitor entering the permitted premises;
(d)refuse entry to the permitted premises of any individual whom the permitted enterprise knows or has reason to believe is a symptomatic case (except where the individual is entering the permitted premises to seek medical treatment for a specified symptom), or who refuses to comply with any measure mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b) or (c);
(e)where any individual in the permitted premises is found by the permitted enterprise to be a symptomatic case, do any of the following as far as is reasonably practicable:
(i)provide the individual with a surgical or other mask and require the individual to wear the mask;
(ii)except where the individual is entering the permitted premises to seek medical treatment for a specified symptom, require the individual to immediately leave the permitted premises;
(iii)if the individual is not able to immediately leave the premises, isolate the individual;
(f)refuse entry into the permitted premises of a customer or visitor whom the permitted enterprise knows or has reason to believe is subject to a movement control measure, except where the individual is entering the permitted premises to seek medical treatment for a specified symptom;
(g)as far as is reasonably practicable, refuse entry into the permitted premises by an individual for any purpose other than to work for, supply an authorised service to, procure goods or services from or otherwise deal with the permitted enterprise;
(h)ensure that the permitted premises are cleaned and disinfected as far as is reasonably practicable, at the end of daily business, and before re-opening after any closure of business or undertaking (voluntarily or otherwise) at the permitted premises;
(i)ensure that any common area within the permitted premises which is used by customers, visitors and persons at work in those premises, or is used by such individuals to move through the permitted premises —
(i)is periodically cleaned within each day;
(ii)for any toilet to which the public has no access, is at all times provided with adequate toilet paper, liquid soap or detergent, litter bins, and clean towels or hand dryers; and
(iii)is, as far as is reasonably practicable, at all times provided with easily accessible disinfecting agents like hand sanitisers, disinfectant sprays, paper towels and wipes, for the free use of customers and visitors and for persons at work in those premises;
Illustrations of common areas
Visitor waiting area, meeting room, doors and windows, information or customer service counter, lifts, staircase or escalator handrails, reception lobby, pantry, employee canteen, washroom, litter bins and waste disposal area, and other shared facilities.
(j)as far as is reasonably practicable, physical interaction between customers, visitors and permitted enterprise workers is minimised;
(k)the permitted enterprise takes reasonable steps to ensure that there is a distance of at least one metre between any 2 individuals (whether customers, visitors or permitted enterprise workers) in the permitted premises unless the permitted premises are a public place;
(l)have appropriate internal policies, procedures and controls to effect a safe and expeditious evacuation of the permitted premises in the event of an outbreak of COVID-19 infections or suspected COVID-19 infections among customers, visitors or other individuals at the permitted premises.
(2)  This regulation does not apply in relation to any specified accommodation or specified hostel. 
Non-permitted enterprise may only work from home
11.  An individual who is not a permitted enterprise or a permitted enterprise worker must not carry on any business, undertaking or work in any premises other than at the individual’s ordinary place of residence, and only through means that do not require meeting any other individual in person.
Safe distancing for seating and queues
12.—(1)  A permitted enterprise must, in relation to its permitted premises when not closed to entry to individuals, take all reasonable steps —
(a)to ensure the following where seating is provided for customers or visitors:
(i)if the seating is not fixed to the floor of the premises — that each seat is at least one metre away from any other seat at all times;
(ii)if the seating is fixed to the floor of the premises — that alternate seats are demarcated as seats not to be occupied; and
(b)where individuals may form a queue or wait in an area in the premises for any reason — to apply practices that ensure that every individual in the queue or area is at least one metre away from any other individual in the queue or area.
(2)  Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to any premises used in connection with the provision of public passenger transport services by road or rail.
Requirements for certain permitted enterprises
13.—(1)  In addition to the requirements in this Division, a permitted enterprise —
(a)that is an operator of a specified dormitory must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to its provision of board and lodging and other authorised services at the specified dormitory; or
(b)that manages and maintains, in the course of a business, a specified hostel or specified accommodation must take, so far as is reasonably practicable, steps to ensure that the measures specified in Part 2 of the First Schedule are complied with, in relation to its provision of accommodation and other authorised services at the specified hostel or specified accommodation.
(2)  The responsible person for any funeral event must take all reasonable steps to ensure that —
(a)there are not more than 10 individuals attending the funeral event at any time; and
(b)where the funeral event is held in any premises, the measures mentioned in regulations 10B(1)(b) and (c) and 12 are implemented in relation to the premises.
(3)  In this regulation and the First Schedule —
“building” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act (Cap. 29);
“building elements supply work” means any manual or mechanical work performed in connection with any of the following:
(a)the prefabrication or testing of building elements at permitted premises that is specially established for prefabrication and that is not a construction site;
(b)the preparation of concrete, sand or aggregate at a place specially established for that purpose and that is not a mine, quarry or construction site,
and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with building elements supply work but excludes any special work;
“building elements supply worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform building elements supply work;
“construction site” means a work site at which construction work is performed;
“construction work” means any manual or mechanical work performed in connection with the following:
(a)the erection, extension, alteration or repair of a building;
(b)the demolition of a building;
(c)the preparation for, and laying the foundation of, an intended building;
(d)the provision, extension or alteration of any air-conditioning service or ventilating system in or in connection with a building;
(e)the excavation or site formation works connected with or carried out for the purpose of paragraph (a), (b) or (c);
(f)the assembly of prefabricated building elements to form a building, or the disassembly of prefabricated building elements that immediately before the disassembly formed a building;
(g)the removal from the construction site of any product or waste resulting from the demolition or any work in paragraphs (a) to (f);
(h)the installation, testing, maintenance and repair work or insignificant building works performed in connection with any work in paragraphs (a) to (f),
and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with construction work, but does not include —
(i)work consisting only of insignificant building works;
(j)minor testing or maintenance work in connection with a building;
(k)assembly or disassembly of fixed plant not requiring building plans approval or a permit to carry out structural works to be granted under the Building Control Act before starting;
(l)related work; or
(m)special work;
“construction worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform construction work;
“insignificant building works” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act;
Examples of insignificant building works
Constructing a raised floor or topping up of balconies, and the like, with lightweight materials.
Replacing existing floor and wall finishes.
Replacing or changing windows and doors.
Creating an opening in a non-load bearing wall.
Sealing up a wall opening.
“managerial or administrative work” means any managerial, clerical, secretarial or administrative work that is wholly performed within enclosed premises;
“marine and offshore manufacturing worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform work connected with marine and offshore manufacturing at a shipyard;
“operator”, in relation to a specified dormitory —
(a)means a person who is managing and maintaining, in the course of a business, the specified dormitory (whether self‑owned or under lease or otherwise) to provide board and lodging for residents of the dormitory who may or may not be employees of that person; and
(b)includes a lessor of a flat or house that is leased wholly as a specified dormitory;
“process construction work” —
(a)means work in connection with the construction of plant equipment in the petroleum, petrochemicals or specialty chemicals sector; and
(b)includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with the construction of such plant equipment,
but excludes construction work, building elements supply work, related work and renovation work;
“process construction worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform process construction work;
“process maintenance work” —
(a)means work in connection with the preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of plant equipment in the petroleum, petrochemicals or specialty chemicals sector that requires the total or substantial shutting down of plant equipment to perform (commonly called complete or partial turnaround maintenance); and
(b)includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with that sort of preventive, predictive and breakdown maintenance of plant equipment,
but excludes construction work, building elements supply work, related work and renovation work;
“process maintenance worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform process maintenance work;
“related work” includes any of the following work and any managerial or administrative work in connection with related work:
(a)dredging and land reclamation works, marine piling and the construction of marine structures such as jetties, wharves, sea and river wall;
(b)landscaping;
(c)road works;
(d)laying underground cable or pipes for telecommunication systems or installations;
(e)testing or maintenance work in connection with a building;
(f)assembly or disassembly of fixed plant not requiring building plans approval or a permit to carry out structural works to be granted under the Building Control Act before starting;
(g)specialised installation activities, such as installation of integrated signposting systems, cold rooms and ventilation systems, fire alarms, fire prevention and fire protection systems, and installation of mechanical plant, machinery, power generators and turbines systems;
(h)corrosion protection works;
(i)wiring work within a building for telecommunication purposes;
(j)insignificant building works that are not performed together with construction work or renovation work,
but excludes any construction work, building elements supply work, special work and renovation work;
“related worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged under a work pass for the Construction Sector, to perform related work;
“renovation work” means —
(a)joinery and other woodworks (including carpentry, laminated or parquet flooring);
(b)painting of a building;
(c)glass and glazing works (including mirror or shower screen installation);
(d)laying and installation of a new floor, wall tiles, doors, windows, false ceilings or sanitary fittings; or
(e)any insignificant building work except those mentioned in paragraph 1(a), (b), (fc), (fd), (g), (h), (j), (k), (l), (m) or (t) or 12 of the First Schedule to the Building Control Regulations 2003 (G.N. No. S 666/2003),
and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with renovation work, but excludes any special work;
“renovation worker” means a permitted enterprise worker employed or engaged to perform renovation work;
“resident”, in relation to a specified dormitory, means any individual, who occupies or enjoys a right to occupy one or more beds or rooms, or spaces within a room, in the specified dormitory as the individual’s main or only residence in Singapore;
“responsible person”, in relation to a funeral event, means —
(a)the funeral director or any other person who is engaged to organise the funeral event; or
(b)where a person mentioned in paragraph (a) has not been engaged for the funeral event, the owner or occupier of the premises in which the funeral event is held;
“special work” means —
(a)process construction work;
(b)process maintenance work; or
(c)work connected with marine and offshore manufacturing,
and includes any managerial or administrative work in connection with the special work;
“work pass” and “work site” have the respective meanings given by regulation 13K(2).”.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 13C
15.  The principal Regulations are amended by deleting regulation 13C and the Part heading (including the words “PART 3A”) immediately above regulation 13C and substituting the following Division heading and regulation:
“Division 2 — Safe management measures for workplace
Application of this Division
13C.  This Division does not affect —
(a)any hospital, clinic or other healthcare institution or facility for the reception, lodging, treatment or care of individuals requiring medical treatment;
(b)any premises exempted under paragraph 2 of the Workplace Safety and Health (Exemption) Order (Cap. 354A, O 1); and
(c)any place of residence at which the business, undertaking or work of a permitted enterprise is being carried out.”.
Amendment of regulation 13D
16.  Regulation 13D of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “essential service provider” and substituting the words “permitted enterprise with permitted enterprise workers”;
(b)by deleting the words “essential service” in paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting in each case the words “permitted enterprise”; and
(c)by deleting the regulation heading and substituting the following regulation heading:
“Permitted enterprise to implement work-from-home arrangements”.
Amendment of regulation 13DA
17.  Regulation 13DA of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “essential service provider” in paragraph (1)(a) and substituting the words “permitted enterprise”;
(b)by deleting the words “essential service workers” in paragraph (1)(a) and substituting the words “permitted enterprise workers”;
(c)by deleting the words “an essential service provider” in paragraph (1)(b) and substituting the words “a permitted enterprise”;
(d)by deleting the words “An essential service provider” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “A permitted enterprise”;
(e)by deleting the words “an essential service provider” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “a permitted enterprise”;
(f)by deleting the words “relevant essential service worker of the essential service provider to work in any permitted premises of the essential service provider at which the worker was not, immediately before 15 April 2020, working” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “relevant worker of the permitted enterprise to work in any permitted premises of the permitted enterprise at which the worker does not ordinarily perform duties at work”;
(g)by deleting paragraph (3) and substituting the following paragraphs:
“(3)  In this regulation, “relevant worker”, in relation to a permitted enterprise, means any individual —
(a)who works with or for the permitted enterprise as a permitted enterprise worker; and
(b)whose nature of work does not require the individual to transport goods or to perform duties ordinarily at more than one permitted premises.
(4)  However, nothing in this regulation prohibits or prevents the deployment of any relevant worker of a permitted enterprise to work in any permitted premises that he or she does not ordinarily perform duties at, if —
(a)the deployment is critical to crowd management of customers or otherwise maintaining orderly retail supply of goods or services at those permitted premises; and
(b)the permitted enterprise takes all reasonably practicable steps to minimise physical interaction between the relevant workers redeployed with other permitted enterprise workers at those permitted premises.
(5)  To avoid doubt, this regulation does not affect any requirement in this Division and the Second Schedule requiring a permitted enterprise to group and deploy its permitted enterprise workers to work in separate groups.”; and
(h)by deleting the words “essential service” in the regulation heading and substituting the words “permitted enterprise”.
Amendment of regulation 13E
18.  Regulation 13E of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “An essential service provider” in paragraphs (1) and (2) and substituting in each case the words “A permitted enterprise”;
(b)by deleting the words “essential service worker of the essential service provider when at work, or other individual at the permitted premises” in paragraph (1) and substituting the words “permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise when at work”;
(c)by deleting the words “essential service workers” in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) and (2)(a)(ii) and substituting in each case the words “permitted enterprise workers”;
(d)by deleting the words “of the essential service provider when at work” in paragraph (1)(a) and substituting the words “at work or during their permitted breaks at work”;
(e)by deleting the words “essential service workers working in the permitted premises” in paragraph (1)(aa) and substituting the words “permitted enterprise workers”;
(f)by deleting the words “essential service worker” in paragraph (1)(ab) and (c) and substituting in each case the words “permitted enterprise worker”;
(g)by deleting the words “essential service provider” wherever they appear in paragraphs (1)(c) and (d) and (2)(a)(i) and substituting in each case the words “permitted enterprise”;
(h)by deleting the words “(other than a public place).” in paragraph (1)(d) and substituting the words “unless the permitted premises are a public place;”;
(i)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1), the following sub-paragraphs:
“(e)establish and apply appropriate procedures and controls (jointly with another or otherwise) that ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that every permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise is assessed, before he or she enters the permitted premises, to determine whether he or she is a symptomatic case;
(f)refuse entry to the permitted premises of any permitted enterprise worker whom the permitted enterprise knows or has reason to believe is a symptomatic case or subject to a movement control order, or who refuses to comply with any measure mentioned in sub‑paragraph (e);
(g)have appropriate internal policies, procedures and controls to effect a safe and expeditious evacuation of the permitted premises in the event of an outbreak of COVID-19 infections or suspected COVID-19 infections among permitted enterprise workers or other individuals at the permitted premises;
(h)ensure that any common area within the permitted premises which is used by persons at work in those premises, or is used by such individuals to move through the permitted premises —
(i)is periodically cleaned within each day;
(ii)for any toilet or sink to which the public has no access, is at all times provided with adequate toilet paper, liquid soap or detergent, litter bins, and clean towels or hand dryers; and
(iii)is, as far as is reasonably practicable, at all times provided with easily accessible disinfecting agents like hand sanitisers, disinfectant sprays, paper towels and wipes, for the free use of individuals at work in those premises;
Illustrations of common areas
Visitor waiting area, meeting room, doors and windows, information or customer service counter, lifts, staircase or escalator handrails, reception lobby, pantry, employee canteen, washroom, litter bins and waste disposal area, and other shared facilities.
(i)ensure as far as is reasonably practicable, that any machinery, equipment or plant on the permitted premises which is shared by the permitted enterprise workers at work, or used by different permitted enterprise workers at different times or shifts, is —
(i)periodically cleaned within each day; and
(ii)cleaned and disinfected between different shifts or teams of permitted enterprise workers who use the machinery, equipment or plant;
(j)ensure that the permitted premises are cleaned and disinfected as far as is reasonably practicable —
(i)at the end of daily business; and
(ii)before work restarts after any closure of business or undertaking (voluntarily or otherwise) at the permitted premises;
(k)have appropriate internal policies and procedures and adequate controls —
(i)to monitor and ensure the compliance by the permitted enterprise and its permitted enterprise workers with the requirements in this Part and the Second Schedule;
(ii)to remedy without delay any instances of such non-compliance; and
(iii)to conduct an adequate analysis of the risks of COVID-19 infections arising from the permitted enterprise’s business, undertaking or work and make recommendations to mitigate any risks identified to the permitted enterprise,
including appointing at least one individual as a Safe Management Officer (with such assistants as may be needed) to effectively perform the duties mentioned in sub‑paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii);
(l)as far as is reasonably practicable, establish and apply appropriate procedures and controls (jointly with another or otherwise) that enable or facilitate contact tracing of every permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise entering its permitted premises.”;
(j)by deleting the words “an essential service worker” wherever they appear in paragraph (2) and substituting in each case the words “a permitted enterprise worker”;
(k)by deleting the words “other essential service” in paragraph (2)(a)(ii) and substituting the words “other authorised service”; and
(l)by deleting the regulation heading and substituting the following regulation heading:
“Safe distancing measures, etc., for permitted enterprise workers”.
Amendment of regulation 13F
19.  Regulation 13F of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “An essential service provider” and substituting the words “A permitted enterprise”;
(b)by deleting the words “an essential service worker and” where they first appear and substituting the words “its permitted enterprise workers or between a permitted enterprise worker and”;
(c)by deleting the words “essential service provider’s” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “permitted enterprise’s”; and
(d)by deleting the words “an essential service worker” in paragraph (b) and substituting the words “a permitted enterprise worker”.
Amendment of regulation 13G
20.  Regulation 13G of the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the words “An essential service provider” and substituting the words “A permitted enterprise”;
(b)by deleting the words “essential service workers” in paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting in each case the words “its permitted enterprise workers”;
(c)by deleting the words “and 13J” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “, 13J, 13H and 13K and the Second Schedule”; and
(d)by deleting the words “essential service provider” in the regulation heading and substituting the words “permitted enterprise”.
Deletion and substitution of regulations 13H, 13I and 13J and new regulation 13K
21.  Regulations 13H, 13I and 13J of the principal Regulations are deleted and the following regulations substituted therefor:
“Duties of permitted enterprise worker
13H.—(1)  A permitted enterprise worker of a permitted enterprise must make a declaration about the following matters which must not be false or misleading in a material particular, at the following times and in the manner required by the permitted enterprise:
Declaration matter
 
Time to give declaration
1.Whether he or she is suffering from any specified symptom
 
before entering the permitted premises of the permitted enterprise, and on any other occasion required by the permitted enterprise when the permitted enterprise worker remains on the permitted premises.
2.His or her health condition, accompanied by a copy of any medical certificate or test results (if any) relating to that condition
 
without delay, after the permitted enterprise worker —
(a)is diagnosed with any specified symptom; or
(b)is tested for COVID-19.
3.Whether he or she is subject to any movement control measure
 
without delay, after —
(a)the permitted enterprise worker becomes subject to any movement control measure; or
(b)the permitted enterprise worker is requested (whenever) by the permitted enterprise.
(2)  A permitted enterprise worker who is a renovation worker holding a work pass or a related worker (as defined in regulation 13(3)) must not live in a place of residence that is not a specified dormitory if living at that same place is any other individual who —
(a)is a construction worker or building elements supply worker (as defined in that regulation); and
(b)is not a spouse, parent, child or sibling of that permitted enterprise worker.
Transport of permitted enterprise workers
13I.—(1)  The following persons:
(a)a permitted enterprise who provides or arranges to be provided private transport by any motor vehicle for permitted enterprise workers of the permitted enterprise;
(b)a person who provides private transport by motor vehicle for permitted enterprise workers pursuant to an arrangement mentioned in sub-paragraph (a);
(c)a driver of that motor vehicle used to transport permitted enterprise workers pursuant to an arrangement mentioned in sub-paragraph (a),
must take all reasonable steps to ensure that every such worker, when carried in that motor vehicle, wears a mask during transport to or from their workplaces or when at work or to or from any other place permitted under regulation 4(3).
(2)  A permitted enterprise with any employee who is both a permitted enterprise worker and a resident in a specified dormitory, must provide or arrange to be provided private transport as described in paragraph (3) to convey the employee —
(a)between the specified dormitory he or she is a resident of and the permitted premises where the employee is at work or to be at work; and
(b)between the permitted premises where he or she is at work.
(3)  The private transport required by paragraph (2) for an employee must be a passenger transport service by any motor vehicle —
(a)on roads for journeys wholly within Singapore, with no stopping points —
(i)between the specified dormitory the employee is a resident of and the permitted premises where the employee is at work or to be at work; and
(ii)between the permitted premises where the employee is at work;
(b)carrying employees who are residents in the same specified dormitory and are permitted enterprise workers, and no other passengers; and
(c)requiring all passengers on board to each wear a mask when the motor vehicle is used for that service.
(4)  A person must not, in connection with a passenger transport service provided or arranged by a permitted enterprise for the carriage of passengers who are permitted enterprise workers of the permitted enterprise, drive, or cause or permit to be driven, a goods vehicle carrying such passengers if the clear floor space of the deck available for each seated passenger is less than 0.496 square metres.
Permitted enterprise worker and individual must comply with requirements and directions
13J.  Where —
(a)a permitted enterprise worker, visitor or customer on the permitted premises of a permitted enterprise, is required or directed by the permitted enterprise of the permitted premises to do or refrain from doing any thing; and
(b)that requirement or direction is given so that the permitted enterprise complies with regulation 10, 10A, 10B, 12, 13D, 13DA, 13E, 13F, 13H, 13I or 13K or the First or Second Schedule, as the case may be,
the permitted enterprise worker, visitor or customer (as the case may be) must comply with that requirement or direction as far as is reasonably practicable.
Special safe management workplace requirements
13K.—(1)  In addition to the requirements in this Division, the following permitted enterprises must each take all reasonable steps to ensure that the measures specified in the Second Schedule as applicable to the permitted enterprise are complied with in the course of carrying out its business, undertaking or work at the work site, and in relation to visitors and the class of permitted enterprise worker, specified opposite the permitted enterprise below:
Permitted enterprise
Work site
Permitted enterprise worker
1.A permitted enterprise that carries on the business of a general builder or specialist builder within the meaning of the Building Control Act.
A construction site where construction works are or are to be performed.
Construction worker
2.A permitted enterprise that undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out for its own account or for or on behalf of another person, building elements supply work.
1.a conventional precast concrete yard;
2.an integrated construction and prefabrication hub;
3.a prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction fit-out factory;
4.a prefabricated bathroom unit fit-out factory;
5.a prefabricated mechanical, electrical and plumbing factory;
6.a ready-mixed concrete plant;
7.a sand and aggregate terminal;
8.a site where other building elements supply works are or are to be performed.
Building elements supply worker
3.A permitted enterprise that undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out for its own account or for or on behalf of another person, any related work.
1.a site for the construction of any road or carpark;
2.a site for the reclamation of any land;
3.any site for the construction, laying, structural alteration, inspection, maintenance, repair, demolition or removal of any pipe-line for the conveyance of water, gas or any other thing, any drain or underground electrical cable and communication cable;
4.a site where other related works are or are to be performed.
Related worker
4.A permitted enterprise that undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out for its own account or for or on behalf of another person, any renovation work.
A site where the renovation works are or are to be performed.
Renovation worker
5.A permitted enterprise that undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out for its own account or for or on behalf of another person, any process construction work or process maintenance work.
The premises where process construction work or process maintenance work is or is to be performed on or in relation to the plant equipment in the petroleum, petrochemicals or specialty chemicals sector.
Process construction worker or process maintenance worker
6.A permitted enterprise that undertakes, whether exclusively or in conjunction with any other business, to carry out for its own account or for or on behalf of another person, work connected with marine and offshore manufacturing.
A shipyard.
Marine and offshore manufacturing worker
(2)  In this regulation and the Second Schedule —
“building sector worker” means —
(a)a building elements supply worker;
(b)a construction worker;
(c)a related worker; or
(d)a renovation worker;
“shipyard” includes any dry or wet dock, wharf, jetty and quay, and the precincts surrounding;
“work pass” means a work permit or S pass within the meaning of the Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Passes) Regulations 2012 (G.N. No. S 569/2012);
“work site”, in relation to any type of work or worker, means permitted premises at which the type of work is performed or the type of worker is at work.
(3)  Subject to paragraph (2), any word or expression in this regulation and the Second Schedule that is defined in regulation 2(1) or 13(3) has the meaning given to it by that regulation, as the case may be.”.
New First and Second Schedules
22.  The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 14, the following Schedules:
“FIRST SCHEDULE
Regulations 4, 13 and 13J
Special Operating Requirements
Part 1
SPECIFIED DORMITORIES
1.  Access by residents to shared facilities (such as a communal living room, bathroom, laundry or kitchen) in the specified dormitory must be controlled to minimise physical interaction —
(a)between residents staying in different rooms in the dormitory;
(b)between residents who are construction workers or building elements supply workers from other residents in the dormitory;
(c)between residents who are process construction workers, process maintenance workers or marine manufacturing workers from other residents in the dormitory; and
(d)between residents mentioned in sub‑paragraph (b) or (c) deployed to carry out work at the same work site unless the residents are allocated to the same work team by the permitted enterprise occupying that work site.
2.  Records must be kept of —
(a)the identity of each resident and visitor who enters or leaves the specified dormitory each day;
(b)the respective times of the resident or visitor (as the case may be) entering and leaving the specified dormitory;
(c)the purpose for which the visitor is entering or leaving the specified dormitory; and
(d)the particulars of identity, and the mobile telephone number or other contact detail, of every resident of the dormitory.
3.  Residents leaving the specified dormitory (for work or otherwise) must be controlled in order to minimise residents staying in different rooms and who are not symptomatic cases leaving the specified dormitory leaving at or about the same time.
4.  The following steps must be taken with respect to every resident or visitor entering or leaving the specified dormitory, before he or she enters or leaves the specified dormitory:
(a)the visitor must have his or her body temperature taken in order to ascertain whether he or she is febrile;
(b)the resident or visitor (as the case may be) must be examined without physical contact to visually ascertain whether he or she shows any specified symptom.
5.  All events in the specified dormitory involving its residents or its residents and visitors must be disallowed, and must be stopped immediately if these happen.
6.  There must be provided the following separate areas within the specified dormitory:
(a)a sick bay that is fully enclosed for the isolation of residents who are symptomatic cases, suspected of being carriers or infected with an infectious disease, or are otherwise unwell, with a minimum number of beds as follows:
(i)8% of the occupancy load of the dormitory (rounded up to the nearest whole number) where the dormitory is the subject of a licence under the Foreign Employee Dormitories Act 2015;
(ii)5% of the occupancy load of the dormitory (rounded up to the nearest whole number) in any other case,
the occupancy load being the maximum number of individuals that the last written permission relating to the dormitory states may be accommodated in the dormitory, or the maximum number of individuals specified in the last approval under section 23 of the Fire Safety Act (Cap. 109A) relating to the dormitory that allows compliance with Clause 2.9.2(b) of the Fire Code;
(b)an area where visitors may wait;
(c)an office area where the permitted enterprise workers of the operator of the specified dormitory may carry out work.
7.  Any resident who is a symptomatic case or infected with COVID-19 must, without delay after he or she is known to be one —
(a)be provided with and required to wear a mask at all times when within the specified dormitory;
(b)be isolated in a sick bay pending his or her receiving medical treatment; and
(c)be provided or caused to be provided medical treatment.
8.  The specified dormitory must be kept and maintained in a safe and sanitary condition.
9.  There must be established and maintained by the operator of the specified dormitory appropriate internal policies, procedures and controls to effect a safe and expeditious evacuation of the specified dormitory in the event of an outbreak of COVID-19 infections or suspected COVID-19 infections among residents of or visitors to the dormitory.
10.  If the specified dormitory is situated on a construction site or shipyard, the residents of the dormitory must consist of only the following:
(a)construction workers deployed to perform construction work at that construction site or work connected with marine and offshore manufacturing at that shipyard, as the case may be;
(b)other permitted enterprise workers deployed exclusively to perform work at that construction site or shipyard, such as security guards.
11.  Where a specified dormitory has more than one floor, and has residents who are construction workers or building elements supply workers, each floor must not have living on that same floor —
(a)a mix of any of those workers and other residents;
(b)construction workers who are deployed to perform work at more than one construction site, subject to paragraphs 12, 13 and 14; and
(c)building elements supply workers who are deployed to perform building elements supply work at more than one work site, subject to paragraphs 12, 13 and 14.
12.  In addition to paragraph 11 but subject to paragraph 14, the residents of a specified dormitory who are —
(a)construction workers deployed to perform construction work at the same construction site;
(b)building elements supply workers deployed to perform building elements supply work at the same work site;
(c)process construction workers deployed to perform process construction work at the same work site;
(d)process maintenance workers deployed to perform process maintenance work at the same work site; or
(e)marine and offshore manufacturing workers deployed to perform marine and offshore manufacturing work at the same shipyard,
must not be allowed to live in the same room in the dormitory if they are not from the same team allocated by their employer occupying that construction site, work site or shipyard, as the case may be.
13.  In addition to paragraphs 11 and 12 but subject to paragraph 14, the residents of a specified dormitory who are —
(a)construction workers must not be allowed to live in the same room in the dormitory with other building sector workers; and
(b)building elements supply workers must not be allowed to live in the same room in the dormitory with other building sector workers.
14.  The residents of a specified dormitory who are related workers employed or engaged to perform any managerial or administrative work in connection with related work, must not be allowed to live in rooms located in the same building of the specified dormitory as other building sector workers or other related workers employed or engaged in manual or mechanical related work.
Part 2
Specified accommodation and hostels
1.  Every sports or recreation facility provided on a shared basis to the guests of the specified accommodation or specified hostel must be closed.
2.  The following steps must be taken with respect to every guest or visitor entering or leaving the specified accommodation or specified hostel, before he or she enters or leaves the specified accommodation or specified hostel:
(a)the guest or visitor must have his or her body temperature taken in order to ascertain whether he or she is febrile;
(b)the guest or visitor must be examined without physical contact to visually ascertain whether he or she shows any specified symptom.
3.  Records of the body temperatures taken under paragraph 2(a) must be kept for not less than 28 days after the day the temperature is taken.
4.  Any guest or visitor who refuses to comply with the measure mentioned in paragraph 2 must be refused entry.
5.  All events in the specified accommodation or specified hostel involving its guests or its guests and visitors must be disallowed, or stopped immediately if these happen.
6.  Any guest or visitor who is a symptomatic case or infected with COVID‑19 must, without delay after he or she is known to be one —
(a)be provided with and required to wear a mask at all times when within the specified accommodation or specified hostel;
(b)be isolated in a room away from other guests in the same specified accommodation or specified hostel; and
(c)be provided or caused to be provided medical treatment.
7.  Every individual who wishes to stay at the specified accommodation or specified hostel must, before the individual is permitted to do so, provide the following:
(a)a written declaration of the individual’s purpose in staying at the specified accommodation or specified hostel;
(b)the contact number or other contact particular of the individual;
(c)where the individual holds a work pass issued under section 7 of the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (Cap. 91A), the name of the employer as specified in the work pass and the contact number or other contact particular of the employer.
8.  The records obtained under paragraph 7 must be kept for not less than 28 days after the end of each individual’s stay in the specified accommodation or specified hostel.
9.  Every individual not subject to a movement control measure must not at any time be allocated accommodation in or permitted to enter a room occupied by an individual subject to a movement control measure, in the specified accommodation or specified hostel, unless the firstmentioned individual is a caregiver for the other individual.
10.  The person managing and maintaining the specified accommodation or specified hostel, or an individual employed or otherwise engaged by that person, is present at the specified accommodation or specified hostel at all times to ensure that the measures in this Schedule are implemented and complied with.
11.  A visitor whom the person managing and maintaining the specified accommodation or specified hostel knows or has reason to believe is subject to a movement control measure must be refused entry into the specified accommodation or specified hostel.
12.  Entry into the specified accommodation or specified hostel is, as far as is reasonably practicable, limited to individuals for the purpose of working for, supplying an authorised service to, procuring goods or services from or otherwise dealing with the person who manages and maintains the specified accommodation or specified hostel.
13.  The specified accommodation or specified hostel must be kept and maintained in a safe and sanitary condition.
14.  Any common area within the specified accommodation or specified hostel used by guests, visitors and persons at work in the specified accommodation or specified hostel, or is used by such individuals to move through the specified accommodation or specified hostel, must be —
(a)periodically cleaned and disinfected within each day;
(b)for any toilet to which the public has no access, at all times provided with adequate toilet paper, liquid soap or detergent, litter bins, and clean towels or hand dryers; and
(c)at all times provided with easily accessible disinfecting agents like hand sanitisers, disinfectant sprays, paper towels and wipes, for the free use of guests and visitors and for persons at work in the specified accommodation or specified hostel.
15.  The following measures apply only to a specified hostel:
(a)records must be kept of —
(i)the identity of each guest or visitor who enters or leaves the specified hostel each day;
(ii)the purpose for which the visitor is entering the specified hostel; and
(iii)the respective times of entering and leaving the specified hostel,
for not less than 28 days after the day the record is made;
(b)except where sub‑paragraph (c) applies, that each bed provided for occupation in the specified hostel is at least one metre away from another bed provided for such occupation, whether or not they are occupied;
(c)where a bunk bed is provided at the specified hostel, that only one level of the bunk bed is permitted for occupation and each occupied level of a bunk bed is not adjacent to an occupied level of an adjacent bunk bed;
(d)access by guests to shared facilities in the specified hostel must be controlled to minimise physical interaction between guests staying in different rooms in the specified hostel;
(e)where there are guests in the specified hostel who are subject to a movement control measure, shared facilities available for use by such guests must be segregated from the shared facilities available for use by guests who are not subject to a movement control measure.
SECOND SCHEDULE
Regulations 13DA, 13E, 13G, 13J and 13K
Special workplace safe management measures
Part 1
BUILDING SECTOR
1.  Daily records must be made, kept for 28 days and given on demand to the Building and Construction Authority, by the permitted enterprise about the following so as to facilitate contact tracing measures:
(a)the identity of each building sector worker, permitted enterprise worker and other visitor who enters or leaves each work site each day;
(b)the purpose for which the building sector worker, permitted enterprise worker or other visitor is entering or leaving the work site;
(c)the respective times of entering and leaving the work site.
2.  Despite regulations 13DA and 13E(1), the permitted enterprise workers who are construction workers or building elements supply workers must be grouped and deployed to work at their work site in separate groups (called in this Part segregated teams) according to —
(a)trade;
(b)building operation or activity to be carried out; and
(c)place of residence,
so as to minimise physical interaction between the workers in the different segregated teams when they are at work.
3.  Despite regulations 13E(1) and 13I, the permitted enterprise workers who are construction workers or building elements supply workers must, as far as is reasonably practicable —
(a)be transported to and from the work site; and
(b)be allowed to take breaks at or around the work site,
only in their separate segregated teams, so as to minimise physical interaction between the workers in the different segregated teams when they are at work and during their permitted breaks at the work site.
4.  In addition to regulation 13E(1)(a) and (aa), adequate shared facilities (such as a canteen, toilet or bathroom) must be provided at the work site, and the use of these shared facilities must be controlled, so that physical interaction between the different segregated teams of construction workers and building elements supply workers, respectively, is minimised.
5.  The permitted enterprise must —
(a)provide to each of its permitted enterprise workers who are construction workers or building elements supply workers suitable attire and other identifying article that may be worn when at work at the work site so as to indicate their respective segregated team, such as a coloured vest, T-shirt, armband and stickers on a helmet; and
(b)require and ensure that such attire and article in sub-paragraph (a) is worn at all times by the construction worker or building elements supply worker (as the case may be) when at the work site.
6.  Despite regulation 13E(1)(d), the permitted enterprise must take all other reasonably practicable steps to ensure that at the work site there is a distance of —
(a)at least 2 metres between any 2 of its construction workers or building elements supply workers if they belong to different segregated teams;
(b)at least one metre between any 2 construction workers or any 2 building elements supply workers who are members of the same segregated team; and
(c)at least one metre between a construction worker or building elements supply worker and any other individual at the work site.
7.  Where meals are provided to a construction worker or building elements supply worker at a work site, the meals must be served in individually pre-packed form.
8.—(1)  In addition to regulation 13I(2), (3) and (4), a permitted enterprise must provide or arrange to be provided private transport as described in sub‑paragraph (2) to convey its permitted enterprise workers who are building sector workers holding work passes —
(a)between the workers’ respective places of residence and the work site where they are at work or to be at work; and
(b)between the work sites where they are at work.
(2)  The private transport required by sub‑paragraph (1) must be a passenger transport service by any motor vehicle —
(a)on roads for journeys wholly within Singapore, with no stopping points —
(i)between the building sector workers’ respective places of residence and the work site where the worker is at work or to be at work; and
(ii)between the work sites where the building sector worker works;
(b)carrying building sector workers holding work passes who are its permitted enterprise workers, and no other passengers;
(c)requiring all passengers on board to each wear a mask when the motor vehicle is used for that service; and
(d)providing on the deck of every goods vehicle if used to provide the service, a clear floor space available for each seated passenger that is 0.496 square metres or more.
9.  The permitted enterprise must —
(a)assign every segregated team of construction workers or building elements supply workers (as the case may be) a particular zone of the work site to perform work and be at work; and
(b)take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that the construction worker or building elements supply worker (as the case may be) remains within that assigned zone, to the exclusion of all others, during the course of his or her duty, except when responding to an emergency.
10.  There must be provided at least one separate area within the work site as a sick bay that is fully enclosed for the isolation of permitted enterprise workers, or other individuals visiting the work site, who are symptomatic cases or are otherwise unwell.
11.  Any construction worker or building elements supply worker of a permitted enterprise, or an individual who has entered the work site, who is a symptomatic case or infected with COVID-19 must, without delay after he or she is known to be one —
(a)be isolated in a sick bay pending his or her receiving medical treatment; and
(b)be provided or caused to be provided medical treatment.
12.  A permitted enterprise worker who is a construction worker or building elements supply worker and a resident of a specified dormitory must not be allowed to enter the work site if, in the period of 14 days before the intended entry, the permitted enterprise knows that one or more residents of that specified dormitory have been made subject to a movement control measure.
13.  Despite regulation 13E(1)(j), the permitted enterprise must have appropriate internal policies and procedures and adequate controls —
(a)to monitor and ensure the compliance by the permitted enterprise and its permitted enterprise workers with the requirements in Part 3A and this Schedule;
(b)to remedy without delay any instances of such non-compliance; and
(c)to conduct an adequate analysis of the risks of COVID-19 infections arising from the permitted enterprise’s business, undertaking or work and make recommendations to mitigate any risks identified to the permitted enterprise,
including appointing at least one Safe Management Officer to effectively perform the duties mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) in respect of the work site of the permitted enterprise, assisted by one or more Safe Distancing Officers for every 50 permitted enterprise workers ordinarily present at the work site.
14.  The permitted enterprise must, without delay, notify the Building and Construction Authority after the permitted enterprise becomes aware that a building sector worker that is a permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise is diagnosed with COVID-19.
Part 2
PROCESS CONSTRUCTION, PROCESS MAINTENANCE
AND MARINE AND OFFSHORE MANUFACTURING
1.  Daily records must be made, and kept for 28 days, by the permitted enterprise about the following so as to facilitate contact tracing measures:
(a)the identity of each permitted enterprise worker and other individual who enters or leaves the work site each day;
(b)the purpose for which the permitted enterprise worker or other individual is entering or leaving the work site;
(c)the respective times of entering and leaving the work site.
2.  Despite regulations 13DA and 13E(1)(a) and (aa), the permitted enterprise workers must, as far as is reasonably practicable —
(a)be grouped and deployed to work at the work site;
(b)be transported to and from the work site; and
(c)be allowed to take breaks at or around the work site,
only in separate groups (called in this Part split teams) so as to minimise physical interaction between the workers in the different split teams when they are at work and during their permitted breaks at the work site.
3.  The permitted enterprise must —
(a)provide to each of its permitted enterprise workers suitable protective gear to prevent transmission of COVID-19 where the nature of the work is identified as a risk;
(b)provide to each of its permitted enterprise workers attire and other identifying article that may be worn when at work at the work site so as to indicate their respective split teams, such as a coloured vest, T-shirt, armband and stickers on a helmet; and
(c)require and ensure that the gear, attire and article in sub‑paragraphs (a) and (b) are worn at all times by the permitted enterprise worker when at the work site.
4.  Where meals are provided to permitted enterprise workers at a shipyard, the meals must be served in individually pre-packed form.
5.  There must be provided at least one separate area within the work site as follows:
(a)a sick bay that is fully enclosed for the isolation of permitted enterprise workers, or other individuals visiting the work site, who are symptomatic cases or are otherwise unwell;
(b)an area where visitors to, and permitted enterprise workers who do not ordinarily work at, the work site may enter and wait;
(c)an office area for workers employed in a managerial, secretarial, clerical or other similar capacity in connection with the relevant special works performed at the work site.
6.  Any permitted enterprise worker of the permitted enterprise or other individual entering the work site who is a symptomatic case or infected with COVID-19 must, without delay after he or she is known to be one —
(a)be isolated in a sick bay pending his or her receiving medical treatment; and
(b)be provided or caused to be provided medical treatment.
7.  A permitted enterprise worker who is a resident of a specified dormitory must not be allowed to enter the work site if in the period of 14 days before the intended entry, the permitted enterprise knows that one or more residents of the specified dormitory have been made subject to a movement control measure.
8.  Despite regulation 13E(1)(j), the permitted enterprise must have appropriate internal policies and procedures and adequate controls —
(a)to monitor and ensure the compliance by the permitted enterprise and its permitted enterprise workers with the requirements in Part 3A and this Schedule;
(b)to remedy without delay any instances of such non‑compliance; and
(c)to conduct an adequate analysis of the risks of COVID-19 infections arising from the permitted enterprise’s business, undertaking or work and make recommendations to mitigate any risks identified to the permitted enterprise,
including appointing at least one Safe Management Officer to effectively perform the duties mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) in respect of the work site, assisted by one or more Safe Distancing Officers for every 50 permitted enterprise workers ordinarily present at the work site.”.
[G.N. Nos. S 261/2020; S 262/2020; S 273/2020; S 274/2020; S 319/2020; S 357/2020; S 359/2020]
Made on 1 June 2020.
NG HOW YUE
Permanent Secretary
(Health Development),
Ministry of Health,
Singapore.
[AG/LEGIS/SL/65C/2020/2 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 34(4) of the COVID‑19 (Temporary Measures) Act 2020).
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